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The Companion Who Became Family
Unconventional relationships have been the thread running through my life lately, and this one might be the most unexpected of all. I met him in the early days of COVID—not at USAID, where he also worked as a foreign service officer, but in the unlikeliest of places: our neighborhood dog-walking circuit. At first, I wrote…
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Between Parents and Parenthood: The Millennial Sandwich No One Prepared Us For
A reflective story about caring for aging parents as a Millennial and stepping into motherhood — a deeply personal take on what it means to be part of the sandwich generation. I became a caregiver long before I ever became a parent. In my late twenties, while most of my friends were climbing career ladders…
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How I Got Here: Advocacy, Patience, and Love
Motherhood feels like stepping into a role I’ve been preparing for my whole life — though not in the ways I expected. Caring for my parents taught me lessons I could never have learned in books, workshops, or even my years of international development work. Lessons in patience, advocacy, problem-solving, emotional resilience — all of…
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